 Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket...  Poems - Page 89by William Cowper - 1788Full view - About this book
 | Elizabeth Mincoff, Margaret S. Marriage - 1907 - 356 pages
...itself, then repeat from the beginning. NO-'. I8-2O. TOKCHON LACEi CHAPTER IX MALTESE AND CLUNY LACE Yon Cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store ; Content, though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling the threads about the livelong day,... | |
 | Clarence Augustus Barbour - 1911 - 244 pages
...impressive passages. 8. William Cowper, comparing the poor Buckinghamshire lace-worker with Voltaire, says : Yon cottager who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light; Just... | |
 | 1911 - 344 pages
...at Cobham Lady Darnley's Lace Class at Work LACE BOBBINS By "FINDER" do the loves, joys, and the " Yon cottager who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day,... | |
 | Frank Boreham - 1918 - 280 pages
...bring his new sermon to a close. Perhaps Cowper's Cottager will furnish him with a fitting climax : Yon cottager who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Content though mean, and cheerful, if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day,... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 pages
...me of enjoyments past, And those of sorrows yet to come. Written 1773 ; Poems, 1782 349 Simple Faith YON cottager who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Content though mean, and cheerful, if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the live-long day,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1928 - 406 pages
...Voltaire and the poor cottager, are exquisite pieces of eloquence and poetry, particularly the last. ' Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store ; Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the live-long day,... | |
 | 1900 - 1004 pages
...following extract from Cowper's "Truth" contains four of the lines about which inquiry is made . " Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store : Content though mean, and cheerful it not gay, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1930 - 446 pages
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 | William Cowper - 1934 - 726 pages
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 | Rose Macaulay - 1934 - 760 pages
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